@article{cd64d9de53594208bfa738aeaede8d9d,
title = "A new, undescribed species of Melanocharis berrypecker from western New Guinea and the evolutionary history of the family Melanocharitidae",
abstract = "Western New Guinea remains one of the last biologically underexplored regions of the world, and much remains to be learned regarding the diversity and evolutionary history of its fauna and flora. During a recent ornithological expedition to the Kumawa Mountains in West Papua, we encountered an undescribed species of Melanocharis berrypecker (Melanocharitidae) in cloud forest at an elevation of 1200 m asl. Its main characteristics are iridescent blue-black upperparts, satin-white underparts washed lemon yellow, and white outer edges to the external rectrices. Initially thought to represent a close relative of the Mid-mountain Berrypecker Melanocharis longicauda based on elevation and plumage colour traits, a complete phylogenetic analysis of the genus based on full mitogenomes and genome-wide nuclear data revealed that the new species, which we name Satin Berrypecker Melanocharis citreola sp. nov., is in fact sister to the phenotypically dissimilar Streaked Berrypecker Melanocharis striativentris. Phylogenetic relationships within the family Melanocharitidae, including all presently recognized genera (Toxorhamphus, Oedistoma, Rhamphocharis and Melanocharis), reveal that this family endemic to the island of New Guinea diversified during the main uplift of New Guinea in the Middle and Late Miocene (14.6 Mya), and represents an evolutionary radiation with high disparity in bill morphology and signalling traits across species. Rhamphocharis berrypeckers fall within the Melanocharis clade despite their larger beaks and should be included in the latter genus. Interspecific genetic distances in Melanocharis are pronounced (average interspecific distance: 8.8% in COI, 12.4% in ND2), suggesting a long history of independent evolution of all lineages corresponding to currently recognized species, including the Satin Berrypecker, which shares a most recent common ancestor with its sister species in the early Pleistocene (˜ 2.0 Mya).",
keywords = "Passerides, West Papua, endemism, expedition, island, speciation",
author = "Borja Mil{\'a} and Jade Bruxaux and Guillermo Friis and Katerina Sam and Hidayat Ashari and Christophe Th{\'e}baud",
note = "Funding Information: We thank Thane Pratt, Bruce Beehler, Phil Gregory, Knud J{\o}nsson, the Associated Editor Gary Voelker, Editor Rauri Bowie and two anonymous reviewers for providing constructive comments on the manuscript. We are grateful to the villagers of Nusa Ulan, and to their chief Asamai, for permission to access the Kumawa Mts and for providing excellent guidance and field assistance during our 2014 and 2017 expeditions. Suparno and Hadi, from MZB, helped prepare specimens in the field. Bruno Fromento provided essential logistical support during the 2017 expedition. Jared Diamond provided information on local contacts at Nusa Ulan and the access point along the coast to access the highlands. Robert Kirk provided us with an advance copy of the Pratt and Beehler 2014 field guide. Bruce Beehler and Thane Pratt made available to us their yet unpublished checklist and appended materials. Uxue Sescun assisted with DNA extractions, Sophie Manzi prepared sequencing libraries, and Pablo Valencia run analyses in the molecular laboratory at MNCN to determine the sex of individuals. Mar{\'i}a Victoria Gonz{\'a}lez Casc{\'o}n made the map for Figure 1 . We are grateful to Kadarusman, Laurent Pouyaud and R{\'e}gis Hocd{\'e} for encouraging us to conduct these expeditions and facilitating many logistical aspects. We thank the National Museum of Natural History in Washington, DC, USA, for loaning us tissue samples of the two specimens collected by Bret Whitney, Leo Joseph of the Australian National Wildlife Collection, Joanna Sumner of Museums Victoria, and Knud J{\o}nsson of the Natural History Museum of Denmark, who kindly processed loans of many specimens. Knud J{\o}nsson kindly provided sequence data of the AMNH 1933 Matsika sample of . Fieldwork was supported by the Lengguru Project ( www.lengguru.org ) conducted by the French Institut de Recherche pour le D{\'e}veloppement (IRD), the Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI) with the Research Center for Biology (RCB) and the Research Center for Oceanography (RCO), the University of Papua (UNIPA), the University of Cendrawasih (UNCEN), the University of Musamus (UNMUS), and the Polytechnic KP Sorong with corporate sponsorship from COLAS and TIPCO groups, Veolia Water and the Total Foundation. High‐throughput sequencing was supported by the {\textquoteleft}Laboratoire d{\textquoteright}Excellence{\textquoteright} TULIP (ANR‐10‐LABX‐41). K.S. acknowledges GACR grant 18‐23794Y. Melanocharis citreola Melanocharis arfakiana Melanocharis arfakiana Funding Information: We thank Thane Pratt, Bruce Beehler, Phil Gregory, Knud J?nsson, the Associated Editor Gary Voelker, Editor Rauri Bowie and two anonymous reviewers for providing constructive comments on the manuscript. We are grateful to the villagers of Nusa Ulan, and to their chief Asamai, for permission to access the Kumawa Mts and for providing excellent guidance and field assistance during our 2014 and 2017 expeditions. Suparno and Hadi, from MZB, helped prepare specimens in the field. Bruno Fromento provided essential logistical support during the 2017 expedition. Jared Diamond provided information on local contacts at Nusa Ulan and the access point along the coast to access the highlands. Robert Kirk provided us with an advance copy of the Pratt and Beehler 2014 field guide. Bruce Beehler and Thane Pratt made available to us their yet unpublished checklist and appended materials. Uxue Sescun assisted with DNA extractions, Sophie Manzi prepared sequencing libraries, and Pablo Valencia run analyses in the molecular laboratory at MNCN to determine the sex of Melanocharis citreola individuals. Mar?a Victoria Gonz?lez Casc?n made the map for Figure?1. We are grateful to Kadarusman, Laurent Pouyaud and R?gis Hocd? for encouraging us to conduct these expeditions and facilitating many logistical aspects. We thank the National Museum of Natural History in Washington, DC, USA, for loaning us tissue samples of the two Melanocharis arfakiana specimens collected by Bret Whitney, Leo Joseph of the Australian National Wildlife Collection, Joanna Sumner of Museums Victoria, and Knud J?nsson of the Natural History Museum of Denmark, who kindly processed loans of many specimens. Knud J?nsson kindly provided sequence data of the AMNH 1933 Matsika sample of Melanocharis arfakiana. Fieldwork was supported by the Lengguru Project (www.lengguru.org) conducted by the French Institut de Recherche pour le D?veloppement (IRD), the Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI) with the Research Center for Biology (RCB) and the Research Center for Oceanography (RCO), the University of Papua (UNIPA), the University of Cendrawasih (UNCEN), the University of Musamus (UNMUS), and the Polytechnic KP Sorong with corporate sponsorship from COLAS and TIPCO groups, Veolia Water and the Total Foundation. High-throughput sequencing was supported by the ?Laboratoire d?Excellence? TULIP (ANR-10-LABX-41). K.S. acknowledges GACR grant 18-23794Y. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2021 The Authors. Ibis published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of British Ornithologists' Union",
year = "2021",
month = oct,
doi = "10.1111/ibi.12981",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "163",
pages = "1310--1329",
journal = "Ibis",
issn = "0019-1019",
publisher = "Wiley-Blackwell",
number = "4",
}